Death of a Salesman By Arthur Miller. An Ensemble Theatre production playing from 15 -- 31 May 2008 at the York Theatre, Seymour Centre Director SANDRA BATES Designer JUDITH HODDINOTT Lighting Designer ANDREW KINCH Cast: ADRIANO CAPPELLETTA, NORMAN COBURN, ANNA COTTRELL, ANTHONY GOOLEY, TOM O'SULLIVAN, OLIVIA PIGEOT, JONATHAN PRESCOTT, CATHERINE McGRAFFIN, MICHAEL ROSS, SEAN TAYLOR and JACKI WEAVER Willy Loman (Sean Taylor) has spent his whole life proud of his ability to sell anything to anyone, but is now staring into the embers of his American Dream. His devoted wife, Linda (Jacki Weaver) is barely holding the family together as her son Biff (Anthony Gooley) becomes increasingly disillusioned. In contrast, his brother Happy (Tom O'Sullivan) dreams about women. Now at the end of his career, Willy's reality begins to unravel as he loses his job, the ability to provide for his family and with it, the respect of his own sons. More than fifty years after its first performance, Arthur Miller's classic Pulitzer Prize winning play is still an extraordinarily relevant and powerful drama. The Ensemble first presented Death of a Salesman in 1997 and received John McCallum's (theatre critic for The Australian) Critic's Choice Award for Most Outstanding Production. Ensemble Theatre's Artistic Director Sandra Bates has selected the play for re-staging next month, to celebrate the theatre's 50th birthday. After reading Miller's autobiography "Timebends", Bates chose to use three ...
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